The Battle of Harlaw (Scottish Gaelic: Cath Gairbheach) was a Scottish clan battle fought on 24 July 1411 just north of Inverurie in Aberdeenshire. It...
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Clan Maclean (redirect from Maclean of Duart)
King of Scots, James I, was being held prisoner of the English king, Henry IV, and Albany did nothing to seek his release.) The Battle of Harlaw took...
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Harlaw might refer to various things in Scotland: The Battle of Harlaw, 24 July 1411, fought near Inverurie Harlaw Academy, formerly Aberdeen High School...
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Clan Donald (redirect from List of septs of Clan Donald)
supporters of the Stewart confederacy at the Battle of Dingwall. This in turn resulted in the Battle of Harlaw on 24 July 1411, fought between Donald of Islay's...
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Clan MacLeod (redirect from MacLeods of Harris)
('Rock of the Flaying') or Creggan ni feavigh ('Rock of the Spoil'), sometimes identified with the Bloody Stone in Harta Corrie. The Battle of Harlaw was...
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Perspectives on the Battle of Harlaw by Iain G. MacDonald, Paper for Harlaw Remembered, commemorating the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Harlaw, Jun 9, 2011...
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Perspectives on the Battle of Harlaw" by Iain G. MacDonald, Harlaw Remembered, commemorating the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Harlaw, 9 June 2011, The...
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Clan Shaw (redirect from Clan shaw of tordarroch)
Scotland and the Dauphin of France. James Shaw of Rothiemurchas was killed at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411. The grandson of Shaw Bucktooth was Aedh who...
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the Battle of Dingwall and the Battle of Harlaw. In 1415 Euphemia was persuaded or forced to resign the earldom in favor of Albany's son, John. However,...
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where he was met by the Earl of Mar’s army and the Battle of Harlaw took place. After the Battle of Harlaw the Lord of the Isles made an alliance with...
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Clan Cameron (redirect from Camerons of Lochiel)
of Clan Mackintosh. In 1411, the Clan Cameron fought at the Battle of Harlaw near Inverurie in Aberdeenshire in support of Domhnall of Islay, Lord of...
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Dunvegan Castle (category Castles in the Isle of Skye)
6 km) to the north of Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye, off the west coast of Scotland. It is the seat of the MacLeod of MacLeod, chief of the Clan MacLeod...
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opening line of Child ballad no 163, "The Battle of Harlaw", and he complied. In November of the same year she was staying in the London apartment of Alan Lomax...
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July 24 – Battle of Harlaw in Scotland: Domhnall of Islay, Lord of the Isles, and an army commanded by Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar battle to a bloody...
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Sir Guy of Gisbourne (also spelled Gisburne, Gisborne, Gysborne, or Gisborn) is a character from the Robin Hood legends of English folklore. He first appears...
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lochiel.net "The Battle of Bannockburn". "The Battle of Harlaw". "The Chiefs of Clan Cameron". "The Chiefs of Clan Cameron". Burke's Peerage & Baronetage...
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battle that follows. Thomas Percy and scholar Francis J. Child noted similarities with the older "The Battle of Otterburn", about the 1388 Battle of Otterburn...
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Inverness (redirect from Battle of Torvean)
century, Inverness was a symbol of the Duke of Albany's power. On his way to the Battle of Harlaw in 1411, Donald of Islay took the town and burned the bridge...
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MacLeod (category Surnames of Scottish origin)
anglicised forms of the Scottish Gaelic MacLeòid, meaning "son of Leòd", derived from the Old Norse Liótr ("ugly"). One of the earliest occurrences of the surname...
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The Bonnie Earl o' Moray (redirect from The Bonnie Earl of Moray)
from the rivalry of James Stewart, Earl of Moray (pronounced Murray), and the Earl of Huntly, which culminated in Huntly's murder of Moray in 1592. The...
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Forest (following the Battle of Boroughbridge) in 1322, and who also had a cousin named Elizabeth de Staynton who was Prioress of Kirklees Priory. If these...
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Clan Irvine (section Origins of the clan)
said to be a knight of legendary prowess and followed the Earl of Mar to the wars in France. He later fought at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411, which was...
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Pibroch (category Music of Scotland)
fiddle pibroch "The Battle of Harlaw" and the related bagpipe pibroch "The Battle of the Birds" on the John Purser produced album Harlaw 1411–2011. Rideout...
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The Cherry-Tree Carol (category Year of song unknown)
distinction of being both a Christmas carol and one of the Child Ballads (no. 54). The song itself is very old, reportedly sung in some form at the Feast of Corpus...
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to the Lord of the Isles and in accordance to this agreement fought under the MacDonalds at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411. During the battle, Iain Borb...
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Donald Macdonald, Lord of the Isles, sometimes called Donald of Harlaw, for the battle he won in 1411. The west coast and islands of present-day Scotland...
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Clan Ross (section Wars of Scottish Independence)
Lord of the Isles and the Duke of Albany. This resulted in the Battle of Harlaw in 1411 where the Clan Ross fought with the Highlanders in support of the...
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Clan Leslie (redirect from Leslie of Balquhain)
at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411 together with six of his cousins from Balquhain. The chiefly line of the Clan Leslie passed to a junior branch of the family...
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Clan Mackenzie (section Origin of the name)
Domhnall lord of the Isles in a period when he was seeking to make good his wife's claims to the earldom of Ross, culminating in the battle of Harlaw in 1411...
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Alan-a-Dale (category Articles with topics of unclear notability from January 2023)
According to the stories, he was a wandering minstrel who became a member of Robin's band of outlaws, the "Merry Men". He is a relatively late addition to the...
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